CA spends more than other states
by John Seiler | February 5, 2015 3:10 pm
How does California government spending, state and local, compare to that of other states? On average, it’s more.
That’s according to a new study by the U.S. Census Bureau, “State Government Finances Summary: 2013. Economy-Wide Statistics Briefs: Public Sector[1].”
According to the summary by Dan Walters[2], “California contains 12.2 percent of the nation’s population but its state government accounted for 13.8 percent of all state spending in the 2012-13 fiscal year.”
Of course, California is an extremely expensive state. So the higher spending might be justified to pay for higher salaries for government workers.
Except a previous Census Bureau study found California has the nation’s highest poverty rate[3]. So one reason non-government workers are so poor is their salaries are drained to support an above-average size of state and local government.
- State Government Finances Summary: 2013. Economy-Wide Statistics Briefs: Public Sector: http://www2.census.gov/govs/state/g13-asfin.pdf
- Dan Walters: http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article9084488.html
- highest poverty rate: http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article2916749.html
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